"All businesses will terminate the use of foreign currency for settlement, the Xin New Dollar will be the only currency accepted for space resource transactions..."
When this passage was read by Secretary of State Kerry in the conference room of the Capitol, the entire conference room went quiet.
Kerry was uncomfortable being the focus of countless eyes, so he moved the document away and shrugged. "I'm finished."
All the tension in the conference room seemed to have disappeared, as if it were some kind of signal, the whispering gradually grew louder.
Kerry sighed and sat back in his chair. He rubbed his sore eyes and glanced toward Hill and the House of Representatives. Typically, the internal meeting of the Capitol didn't include people from Congress, especially the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Paul Ryan, an Republican.
But they couldn't do that anymore.
